Tennessee Is About to Become First State to Make EPIC Ruling About the Bible

The state Senate of Tennessee just passed a measure about the Bible that is sure to have every atheist and liberal up in arms.

The Senate on Monday approved a bill that would recognize the Bible as the state’s official book. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Steve Southerland, was passed with a 19-8 vote, according to The Tennessean. It is now sitting on Gov. Bill Haslam’s desk.

As one might guess, the bill has stirred up quite a bit of controversy.

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Proponents of HB0615 emphasized the historic significance of the Bible as well as its religious meaning. The claim it does not violate federal or state constitutional mandates on the separation of church and state.

“The holy Bible is a history book,” Southerland said while speaking before the state Senate on Monday.

Sen. Kerry Roberts, R-Springfield, who voted in favor of the bill, said the Bible “has done more to bring us to where we are today than any other book in the history of mankind.”

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“The very founding of our nation — the very form of government that we have today — was put forth by men of faith, based on their faith, based on what they read in holy Scripture,” he added.

Opponents of the bill stressed constitutional concerns. ACLU-Tennessee Executive Director Hedy Weinberg said the bill “marginalizes the tens of thousands of Tennesseans who choose to practice other religions or not to practice religion at all.”

Gov. Hallam has expressed reservations about the bill. While he said the Bible was the most important book in his life, he did not know if it should be Tennessee’s official book.

Many people agree that it would be amazing if Tennessee did make the Bible its official book as the Democrat Party — and world for that matter — seems to have declared war on Christianity.